Martin Rees is misrepresented 4:04 in. What Rees actually said was:
the odds are no better than 50-50 that our present civilisation on Earth will survive to the end of the present century without a serious setback’
...whatever a “serious setback” is supposed to mean.
Do you have a reference for that? My copy of Our Final Hour contains the same sentence minus “without a serious setback”.
Our Final Century, page 8 line 4.
It seems as though Rees—rather confusingly—said different things on the topic in Our Final Century and Our Final Hour.
Ah, that’s interesting. Thanks for clarifying.
Martin Rees is misrepresented 4:04 in. What Rees actually said was:
...whatever a “serious setback” is supposed to mean.
Do you have a reference for that? My copy of Our Final Hour contains the same sentence minus “without a serious setback”.
Our Final Century, page 8 line 4.
It seems as though Rees—rather confusingly—said different things on the topic in Our Final Century and Our Final Hour.
Ah, that’s interesting. Thanks for clarifying.